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Hot Hits
Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity
Signature TheatreMar. 26 – Apr. 7 Heidi Thomas Writers’ Initiative work, a brutal and elegant exploration of the unifying virtue of art and what things are most worth saving when the world is collapsing.
Eliot Chang
AMP by StrathmoreFri. Mar 29 Now is your chance to experience Chang’s comedy live at AMP!
Alan Cumming: Legal Immigrant
StrathmoreWed. Apr 24 The set list for Alan Cumming’s provocative new concert show is as eclectic and idiosyncratic as Cumming himself.
Black Violin
StrathmoreApr. 9 – 10 Classically trained violist Wil B. and violinist Kev Marcus are back with their distinctive multi-genre sound that is perfectly described as “classical boom.”
Annapolis Symphony Orchestra: Cosmic Depth
StrathmoreSun. Mar 31 From Maryland’s capital to the Music Center, the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra (ASO) shares memorable symphonic music in this afternoon program.
Grand Hotel, The Musical
Signature TheatreApr. 2 – May. 19 At the bustling Grand Hotel a series of eclectic guests and staff including a fading ballerina, a destitute baron, a wannabe-starlet typist, and an ailing bookkeeper collide in a non-stop musical toast to the high life.
Tinsley Ellis & Coco Montoya
AMP by StrathmoreTue. Mar 26 Two of blues’ finest players share AMP’s stage.
Ms. Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton with members of the National Philharmonic
StrathmoreSat. Apr 6 Fischer and her band return to Strathmore, this time for a fully orchestrated performance.
Antonio Sánchez
AMP by StrathmoreThu. Apr 4 Drummer and composer Antonio Sánchez is riding the crest of a musical wave that began with his Golden Globe and BAFTA-nominated score for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance).
Lewis Black
StrathmoreSun. Apr 14 Known as the king of the rant, Lewis Black uses his trademark style of comedic yelling and animated finger-pointing to skewer anything and anyone that gets under his skin.
Amanda Palmer
National TheatreFri. Apr 5 Amanda Palmer (co-founder of the Dresden Dolls) comes to D.C. for a concert in support of her first solo album in more than six years
The Triplets of Belleville Cine-Concert
StrathmoreThu. Apr 18 The animated French feature The Triplets of Belleville & Charest are back; with Le Terrible Orchestre de Belleville, he recreates live the original score as the film itself is beamed onto the big screen.
Spotlights
National Symphony Orchestra: Debussy's La mer
The Kennedy CenterApr. 11 – 13
Chucho Valdés
Sixth & ISat. Apr 6
Direct Current: Phantom Limb Company: Falling Out
The Kennedy CenterApr. 4 – 5
Evgeny Kissin, piano
StrathmoreTue. May 21
Tastes of the Mediterranean
Folger TheatreMar. 29 – 31
New York City Ballet: Works by Reisen, Balanchine & Robbins
The Kennedy CenterApr. 2 – 7
Direct Current: Du Yun with OK Miss
The Kennedy CenterFri. Apr 5
Dénes Várjon
The Kennedy CenterSat. Apr 13
Love's Labor's Lost
Folger TheatreApr. 30 – Jun. 9
Washington Performing Arts Gospel Choirs
StrathmoreFri. Jun 7
Washington National Opera: Faust
The Kennedy CenterMar. 27 – 30
Washington National Opera: Eugene Onegin
The Kennedy CenterFri. Mar 29
